GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| mortician | undertaker |